No. 23-975
 
Title: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al., Petitioners
v.
Eagle County, Colorado, et al.
Docketed: March 6, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (22-1019, 22-1020)
   Decision Date: August 18, 2023
   Rehearing Denied: December 4, 2023
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 04 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 5, 2024)
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Mar 25 2024 Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2024 to May 6, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 26 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 6, 2024, for all respondents.
Apr 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amicus curiae of American Forest Resource Council filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of Utah American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed.
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Apr 05 2024 Brief amici curiae of TN Ranching Company, et al. filed.
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Apr 10 2024 Motion of respondent Eagle County, CO, et al. to extend the time to file a response from May 6, 2024 to June 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Apr 12 2024 Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioner filed.
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Apr 15 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including May 20, 2024, for all respondents.
May 20 2024 Brief of federal respondents in opposition filed.
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May 20 2024 Brief of respondents Eagle County, Colorado, et al. in opposition filed.
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May 22 2024 Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
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May 28 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
May 28 2024 Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 17 2024 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 24 2024 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 12 2024 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 18 2024 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2024. The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including October 18, 2024.
Aug 28 2024 Brief of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed.
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Aug 28 2024 Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed.
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Aug 28 2024 Brief of federal respondents in support of petitioners filed.
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Aug 28 2024 Joint appendix (Corrected version of Volume I) (Oct. 22, 2024 filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 30 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads (Sep. 5, 2024) filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Anschutz Exploration Corporation filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of NACCO Natural Resources Corporation filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Energy Transfer LP filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of the Chamber of Commerce of United States, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of American Exploration & Mining Association, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of the Center for Environmental Accountability filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Property and Environment Research Center filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Utah filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of NextDecade LNG, LLC filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Center for American Liberty filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of American Petroleum Institute, et al. filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amicus curiae of American Planning Association in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 04 2024 Brief amici curiae of Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. filed.
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Oct 18 2024 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
Oct 18 2024 Brief of respondent Eagle County, Colorado filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 18 2024 Brief of respondents Center for Biological Diversity, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 22 2024 CIRCULATED
Oct 23 2024 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Oct 25 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Federal Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amici curiae of State of Colorado, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amici curiae of Colorado Communities filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amici curiae of Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Brief amici curiae of 30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate filed. (Nov. 5, 2024) (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2024 Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument filed.
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Oct 25 2024 Motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
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Oct 31 2024 Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and available with the Clerk.
Nov 12 2024 Motion for divided argument filed by the Solicitor General GRANTED.
Nov 12 2024 Motion for divided argument filed by respondents DENIED.
Nov 18 2024 Reply of petitioners Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 18 2024 Reply of federal respondents supporting petitioners filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 04 2024 Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record noting that Justice Gorsuch will not continue to participate in this case.
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Dec 10 2024 Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va. For federal respondents supporting petitioners: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents Eagle County, et al.: William M. Jay, Washington, D. C.
Jan 24 2025 Letter of the Acting Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
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May 29 2025 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Jun 30 2025 Judgment Issued.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al.


Jay Christopher Johnson
Venable LLP
600 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001

jcjohnson@venable.com
Ph: 2023444000
Party name: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Kirti Datla
Counsel of Record
Earthjustice
1001 G Street NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20001

kdatla@earthjustice.org
Ph: 2027975241
Party name: Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians


Nathaniel Hemmerick Hunt
Counsel of Record
Kaplan Kirsch LLP
1675 Broadway, Suite 2300
Denver, CO 80202

nhunt@kaplankirsch.com
Ph: 3038257000
Party name: Eagle County, Colorado, et al.


William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: Eagle County, Colorado


D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: United States


Edward Breckenridge Zukoski
Center for Biological Diversity
1536 Wynkoop Street, Suite 421
Denver, CO 80202

tzukoski@biologicaldiversity.org
Ph: 303-641-3149
Party name: Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers, Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, and WildEarth Guardians


Other Attorneys
Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga
Counsel of Record
Louisiana Department of Justice
1885 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

aguinagaj@ag.louisiana.gov
Ph: 225-506-3746
Party name: The State of Louisiana and 23 other states


John Michael Baker
Counsel of Record
Greene Espel, PLLP
222 South Ninth Street
Suite 2200
Minneapolis, MN 55402

JBAKER@GREENEESPEL.COM
Ph: 6123730830
Party name: American Planning Association


Karen Budd-Falen
Counsel of Record
Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC
300 East 18th Street, Post Office Box 346
Cheyenne, WY 82003-0346

karen@buddfalen.com
Ph: (307) 632-5105
Party name: TN Ranching Company, et al.


Michael Blandford Buschbacher
Counsel of Record
Boyden Gray PLLC
800 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

mbuschbacher@boydengray.com
Ph: (202) 955-0620
Party name: United States Senators John Barrasso (WY), et al.


Sean Hoe Donahue
Counsel of Record
Donahue, Goldberg & Herzog
1008 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20003

sean@donahuegoldberg.com
Ph: 2022777085
Party name: Former Council on Environmental Quality Officials


William Stewart Eubanks II
Counsel of Record
Eubanks & Associates, PLLC
1629 K Street NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006

bill@eubankslegal.com
Ph: 9707036060
Party name: Colorado Communities


Brianne Jenna Gorod
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Accountability Center
1200 18th Street, NW
Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036

BRIANNE@THEUSCONSTITUTION.ORG
Ph: 202 296 6889
Party name: Constitutional Accountability Center


Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Counsel of Record
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
408 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor
Austin, TX 78701

kyle@lkcfirm.com
Ph: 5126398350
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America and Nine Other Business Trade Associations


Michael Robert Huston
Counsel of Record
Perkins Coie LLP
2525 E. Camelback Road
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85016

mhuston@perkinscoie.com
Ph: 202-434-1630
Party name: American Exploration & Mining Association, et al.


Amit Jain
Counsel of Record
Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clini
2900 Van Ness Street NW
Washington, DC 20008

Amit.Jain@howard.edu
Ph: 202-806-0533
Party name: Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic


Robert Mark Loeb
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20037

RLOEB@ORRICK.COM
Ph: 202-339-8475
Party name: NextDecade LNG, LLC


Ivan Laurence London
Counsel of Record
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 South Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80227

ilondon@mslegal.org
Ph: 3032922021
Party name: American Forest Resource Council


Mario Loyola
Counsel of Record
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199

mario.a.loyola@gmail.com
Ph: (305) 472-2700
Party name: Law Professors


Frank D. Mylar
Counsel of Record
Mylar Law, P.C.
2494 Bengal Blvd.
Salt Lake City, UT 84121

OFFICE@MYLARLAW.COM
Ph: 8018580700
Party name: Utah Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations


Beth Christine Neitzel
Counsel of Record
Foley Hoag LLP
155 Seaport Blvd
Boston, MA 02210

bneitzel@foleyhoag.com
Ph: 6178321000
Party name: Former Senior Federal Officials: Sally Jewell, Lynn Scarlett, Gregory Jaczko, Jonathan Jarvis, Dale Hall, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Thomas L. Tidwell, Dave Matsuda, Jo-Ellen Darcy, R. Lyle Laverty, and Jim Furnish


Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000
Arlington, VA 22203

mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise Institute


Stanford Edward Purser
Counsel of Record
Office of the Utah Attorney General
160 E. 300 S., 5th floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84020

SPURSER@AGUTAH.GOV
Ph: 385-382-4334
Party name: Utah


Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen
Counsel of Record
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027

jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com
Ph: 303-926-5292
Party name: Western States and Tribal Nations Natural Gas Initiative


Jeffrey Scott Rasmussen
Counsel of Record
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP
1900 Plaza Drive
Louisville, CO 80027

jrasmussen@nativelawgroup.com
Ph: 303-926-5292
Party name: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation


Hadassah Marie Reimer
Counsel of Record
Holland & Hart LLP
645 South Cache Street, Suite 100
Jackson, WY 83001

hmreimer@hollandhart.com
Ph: 307-734-4517
Party name: American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, National Association of Manufacturers, National Mining Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association


Paul E. Salamanca
Counsel of Record
sole practitioner
279 Cassidy Avenue
Lexington, KY 40502

psalaman20@gmail.com
Ph: 8593387287
Party name: The Center for Environmental Accountability


Donald P. Salzman
Counsel of Record
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005

donald.salzman@skadden.com
Ph: 202.371.7983
Party name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, et al.


Daniel Saphire
Counsel of Record
Association of Amer. Railroads
425 3rd Street. N.W.
Washington, DC 20024

dsaphire240@gmail.com
Ph: 202-550-4809
Party name: Association of American Railroads


William S. Scherman
Counsel of Record
Vinson & Elkins
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20037

wscherman@velaw.com
Ph: 202-639-6550
Party name: Energy Transfer LP


Jason A. Schwartz
Counsel of Record
Institute for Policy Integrity
139 MacDougal Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10012

jason.schwartz@nyu.edu
Ph: 2129986222
Party name: The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law


Shannon Wells Stevenson
Counsel of Record
Colorado Department of Law
1300 Broadway
10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203

shannon.stevenson@coag.gov
Ph: 720-703-0999
Party name: State of Colorado et al.


Kristina Renee Van Bockern
Counsel of Record
Holland & Hart LLP
555 17th Street, Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202

trvanbockern@hollandhart.com
Ph: 303-295-8000
Party name: Anschutz Exploration Corporation


Xiao Wang
Counsel of Record
University of Virginia School of Law
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

x.wang@law.virginia.edu
Ph: 434-924-8956
Party name: 30 Members of the U.S. House and Senate


Charles Turner Wehland
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
110 W. Wacker Drive
suite 4800
Chicago, IL 60601-1692

ctwehland@jonesday.com
Ph: 312-269-4388
Party name: NACCO Natural Resources Corporation


Jonathan Calvin Wood
Counsel of Record
Property and Environment Research Center
2048 Analysis Dr.
Ste. A
Bozeman, MT 59718

jonathan@perc.org
Ph: 406-587-9591
Party name: Property and Environment Research Center